DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand STF, in joint action with the cyber cell, has arrested a Delhi resident for allegedly duping a resident of Rs 26 lakh on the pretext of sending gold bars and money from abroad. The accused had befriended the victim in 2020 through social media, posing as a foreigner.
According to police, the accused, identified as Sonu Nishad, was wanted by the police for over a year in the case. He was arrested on Tuesday night from Sabhapur area of Delhi and then brought to Dehradun on Wednesday. Ajay Singh, SSP, STF, told TOI that Nishad had committed the fraud by duping a man living in Dehradun’s Mothrowala area in 2020.
“The complaint was, however, lodged by his wife in which she had alleged that the accused had befriended her husband on WhatsApp, pretending to be a foreigner. He had then offered to gift him gold bars and foreign currencies. He then duped him of Rs 26 lakh by getting the money transferred to his bank account on several occasions in the name of processing and customs fees at the airport,” said Singh.
